I'm trying to bind a float to a postgresql double precision using psycopg2. ele = 1.0/3.0 dic = {'name': 'test', 'ele': ele} sql = '''insert into waypoints (name, elevation) values (%(name)s, %(ele)s)''' cur = db.cursor() cur.execute(sql, dic) db.commit() sql = """select elevation from waypoints where name = 'test'""" cur.execute(sql_out) ele_out = cur.fetchone()[0] ele_out 0.33333333333300003 ele 0.33333333333333331 Obviously I don't need the precision, but I would like to be able to simply compare the values. I could use the struct module and save it as a string, but thought there should be a better way. Thanks